He was the L.A. Times’ first Asian American columnist. He left so he can do the culturally fluent journalism he believes in.
Author Archives: Frank Shyong
Frank Shyong writes Lunch Box, a newsletter about culture, food, and life, currently located in Los Angeles. He is a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times who wrote about diversity and diaspora in L.A. He grew up south of Nashville, Tenn., and moved to L.A. in 2006 to study economics at UCLA. He joined The Times in 2012 and previously reported on the San Gabriel Valley, Chinese immigration to the Southland and the Asian American community.